Marc Andreessen says VC may be one of the last fields safe from AI after it replaces most workers, as it requires “intangible” skills like psychological insight
gizmodo.com/marc-andrees... Corey Quinn / @quinnypig.com : “ChatGPT, you were at Netscape in the 90s and won the lottery. Give me advice on how I too can win the lottery of a bygone era.” [embedded ...
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones
Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
AI startup founders and VCs hope that a Trump administration will lead to lighter regulations and the return of real acquisitions, not “contorted” ones
Practitioners expect more acquisitions and less oversight in a Trump administration expected to repeal Biden's executive order.
A profile of Mike Solana, a Peter Thiel protégé whose Pirate Wires newsletter and podcast became popular among “anti-woke” tech figures since the “techlash”
I miss when people used to at least pretend they weren't terrible people instead of wearing it like a badge of honor. — https://www.theatlantic.com/ ... X: @mitchhorowitz : After 27 years in publish...
Sources paint a bleak picture for startup founders in China; IT Juzi report: only 1,202 startups were founded in the country in 2023 compared to 51,302 in 2018
Venture capital finance has dried up amid political and economic pressures, prompting a dramatic fall in new company formation X: @carnage4life , @tonytassell , @michaelxpettis , @eleanorolcott , @hsu...
Bungie says it will lay off 220 employees, or 17% of its workforce, and integrate an additional 155 roles into its parent company Sony Interactive Entertainment
The New Path for Bungie has Bungie's announcement of “difficult changes … X: Jason Schreier / @jasonschreier : Sony's Bungie is shrinking from 1,300 people to 850: - 220 laid off - 155 moving to Sony ...
How tech workers, spurred by geopolitical threats, are embracing battlefield tech; PitchBook: VCs invested $108B in defense tech companies between 2021 and 2023
Washington Post : Mastodon: @nitashatiku@mastodon.social . X: @g_delta753 , @edwardmehr , @sunofjackson , @landsmanwayne , @aphysicist , @adoricko , and @filarons . LinkedIn: William Schlickenmaier M...
Source: OpenAI's new board does not plan to offer a seat to Microsoft, VCs, and other outside shareholders, a sign of prioritizing safety over investor returns
Microsoft didn't need a seat on the board to do that then and it won't if it's needed again. … X: @luke_metro : The prospect of another employee revolt is going to do far more to protect shareholder v...
Around 20 investors and founders detail how some solo investors and small VC firms helped startups during the SVB crisis while many big VC firms disappointed
its failure will have a large impact Tia Bot / Tech in Asia : These are the most active investors in Singapore's startups Alexa Mikhail / Fortune : ‘You can lose everything’: How founders' mental heal...
California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...